[明治天皇御一代活人画帖]

1926 · [ ] · 28 pictures

A 1926 Japanese picture album of tableau vivants (katsujinga) staged photographs depicting scenes from the life of the Meiji Emperor, published with no named publisher and aimed at a general Japanese readership. The photographs are black-and-white studio tableaux with draped backdrops, costumed figures in Western military uniforms and formal robes, and painted or prop landscapes, offering a designer clues about early twentieth-century Japanese staging, costume and formal composition.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library